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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22
Deer I'm Illinois.

Isaac Jordon, of this place, who first
trod the prairies of Douglas county in
the fall of 1S49, just thirty-eight years
ago, informs us that one of the largest
deer he ever saw was started from the
high grass on the spot where the Illi-
nois Central depot now stands, in the
winter of 1854. He and the late
Caleb Garrett gave chase with fifteen
we'll trained hounds, and the dogs sue
ceeded in killing the deer after a run
of six miles in the direction of Bour-
bon, but not until the old buck had
given the pursuing hounds three des-
perate battles. Mr.. Garrett saved the
horns and head, but venison being
plentiful those days, the carcass was
left for the hungry wolves to devour.
At that time there was not house on
the spot where Tuscola now stands,
and the Central railroad was net built
through this section until three years
later.-Tuscola, Guy Recieso.
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Criminal Calendar.

Ralph Truckmiller has been arrested at
Chillicothe. o., for robbing the United
States Express company at Waterloo,
Iowa. OF 50, 600.
Harris Goldstein, Isaac Wolff and
Adolph Silverstein, the latter q New York
detective, have been convicted OF SNUG
Cling tobacco into Liverpool inside OF cot
ton bales and fined $4,000.
Ernest r. Williamson, who six years
ago robbed Albert Moran & Co. OF Fall
River, Mass, OF $40, 900 and fled to parts
unknown, passed tn rough Omaha, in
: in charge OF Pinkerton detective. He
was recognized by a picture.
In the case OF Henry Schmidt. who so
brutally murdered Abram Peek and his
wife in Fayette county, Iowa. in September,
1886, the Supreme court affirmed the de-
cision OF the lower court. Schmidt will be
executed on the first Wednesday in Jan.
uary.
At Chicago, Anton Sohmer, Bohemian
who has been separated from his wife two
years, met her at the door other house and
without word drew q revolver and shot
her in the head, in1icting dangerous
wound. He then placed the revolver to
his own head, fired twice and dropped
dead.
In Smith county. Mississippi, Mrs. Fan
ny Husbands, while travelling to her broth
er's house some miles from her own home,
was assaulted by negro and robbed.
After committing the robbery the negro
cut out the lady's tongue. Mrs. Husbands
recognized the negro and wrote his name
so that he would be arrested.
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Private Bankers Of Minnesota.

About fifty private bankers OF .Minleso
ia met in So. Paul a few days ago, when
the Minnesota Bankers association was
organized. There are at present seventy.
eight bankers. representing the same num-
ber Of banks. members OF the association.
The association adopted constitution
and bylaws similar to the American
Bankers association.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year.
President, c. D. Griffith, Brown county;
vice president. H. r. Wells, Fillmore coun-
ty; secretary, +. r. Smith, LIE Sueur county;
treasurer, w. B. Parsons, Dodge county;
executive council, III. B. Strait, Scott
county; G. H. Ross, Brown county; Mar
Gus johnson, Kandiy obi county; L. Kells,
Stearns county; M. Doran, LIE Sueur coun-
ty; E. D. Dyer, Olmsted county; L. r.
Mayer. Chippewa county.
protect the private bankers against the
law passed last winter, which in brief pro-
vides:
No person or persons engaged in the busi-
ness OF banking in this state, not subject
to the suspension Of the bank examiner,
shall make use ofany office sign ha wing there.
on any artificial or corporate name. nor
shall such person make use OF or circulate
any letter-heads, blank receipts. etc., hav.
ing thereon a corporate name.
Many OF the private bankers Of the state
havo been doing business under corporate
names, as the Bank Of Le Suenr.' This
law will compel them to drop the corpor.
ate name and do business after the first OF
the year as sDoran & Smith, bankers, /" or
to incorporate under the state law with O
capital according to the population Of the
town or city in which the bank IL located.
The law is claimed to be unconstitutional,
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A OOd Chute.

One of the most interesting sights I
ever saw in my life, says correspond
ent, is the wood chute at the Home
stake Mine. This mine has a railroad
twenty-five miles long to the pineries
where fuel is obtained, and the road
ends at the top of high hill just
above the mill. Here the wood is
dumped into chute made of heavy
logs lined with iron. The logs de-
scend with tremendous velocity, and
on reaching the mouth of the chute
leap out into the air, pass over the
mill, and land some $50 feet from the
foot of the bluff. For hours perfect
stream of logs passes over the heads
of the men at work below, and to a
newcomer it seems sufficiently danger
Gus, but no accident ever occurred,
and one soon gets over the nervous
feeling. Five thousand cords of wood
are piled at time by the arrangement
which saves tens of thousands of dol
lars annually to the company, dispos-
ing Of $4,000 cords year without any
cost of piling.
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Personal News Notes.

Lady PIunkett, wife OF Sir Francis r.
Plunkett, the new British minister to
Brussels, was a Miss Morgan OF Philadel-
phia and a very clever and accomplished
lady.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ramsdell OF War
ren. Mass, have just celebrated the sixtieth
anniversary OF their married life. Mr..
Ramsdell is eighty.seven years Of age while
Mrs. Ramsdell is eighty.
Frank Gordon. a son OF Gov. Gordon OF
Georgia, was married to Miss Georgianna
Kilbourn, a daughter OF Hallett Kilbourn,
u well known Washingtonian and presi-
dent OF the Evening Critic company.
Gen. Thomas Kilby Smith OF Philadel-
phia, a DISTINGUISHED soldier in the war OF
the rebellion, died aged 67 years. He was
chief Of Gen. Grants staff at the close OF
the war. His illness was OF brief duration.
During performance OF ARTICLE At" by
Clara Morris at the Grand opera house at
Washington. Annie Horton, great grand
daughter OF John c. Calhoun. who is now
an employe in the postofIice department.
became violently insane during the scene
in which Cora is shot by George Duhamel.
Five or six years ago Miss Horton fred
several shots at George Morgan, a son OF
Senator Morgan OF Alabama, and it is
thought that the scene on the stage recall
ed that affair SO vividly as to unbalance
her mind.
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never seems to know WHARF we live.
But we don't kare for that 80 much as
for mamma to be warm and stop koff-
ing, and we don't know any one to
help us, and mamma won't let us be
begging for money less earn it doing
errands. So something has put it into
me to ask some rich man, who has
Crismas at his house every year, if he
will spare us little, just enuff to keep
usl warm and help mamma get well.
It won't take much money, I guess,
only 2 dollars maybe. That would
seem crate deel bekause we never
have more than some money mamma
earns soing. Please don't say no in
yure hart, but yes, and if you will help
us please come to number 10 Blank
Street, and up stairs to the toppest
landing, and there's our dore. And
when. we say our praers, and Sis, too,
we will say God bless the rich man for
Chrismus sake. BOBBY MOORE.
The rich mans wife turned her head
aside and wiped some tears from be-
hind her glasses. The rich man him.
self coughed a little, winked his eyes
little, and loosened his cravat, be-
cause his throat somehow seemed too
large for it.
Then he and she locked at each
other. The smiling maid behind her
lady's chair resolved to watch for the
postman who left the letter, and tell
him all about what it said. And fin
ally Mr.. said:
Get your things on, dear, and,
Betty, tell John 1 want the carriage"
Well, there isn't much more to tell
except that the rich man found Bob
by's home, and his wife found the sick
mothers heart. And when the Christ
mas bells were ringing their loudest,
Santa Claus left right at the door of
the "toppest landing the biggest kind
of a Christmas for all the Moore fam
lily, and many of just such things as
had tempted and Knocked at poor little
Sis from the window on that
frosty night.
"There now, Bobby, you see it scas
some use to look at those things and
make b'lieve they were ours, cause
now we've got 'em we can think a
fairy heard us wishing that night, and
fairies are sometimes out of story
books, you know. Mamma says SO"
was Sissie's speech, after she had qui-
eted down, and could hold her dolly
without squeezing the life-sawdust
out.
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II do hope mamma hasn't been
coughing all the blessed time we have
been out" said Sis, putting the shop
window at last out of her mind.
sAnd 1 do hope she'll let me buy a
lot of wood out of this money the
lady gave us, and build q roarer of a
fire for once to keep that old rickety
room warm!" added Bobby, jingling in
his pocket, where every hole had been
carefully sewed, some loose pieces of
silver, and thinking how nice it would
sound to have duet of the same kind
of music, if only there could be an
equal amount of silver IN his other
pocket. After a moments pause, he
spoke again:
IL say, Sis, do wish the lady had
said, here, now, Christmas is coming,
and here is some extra money for you,
my dear Wouldn't it have been jolly,
though! But some folks don't seem
to think bout such things"
mo, they don't, Seems as If I
would, though. Wouldn't you, Bobby
If you were rich, I mean?" replied
Sis, blowing on her little blue fingers
to keep them warm.
"Just you believe 1 wouldp an
swered the boy, COMPRISING his lips
and looking very determined.
just then they were at the door of
the shabby tenement building where
they called one room "home," and
where their mother was even now
waiting for them, and wondering why
her darlings were not at home.
Up the stairs the children ran, the
creaking steps groanfng as if giants,
instead Of two small, thin children,
were passing over them.
At the top lauding-the very "top-
pest" as they used to say, of all the
landings-they were received by the
dear mother, whose ears had caught
and recognized the sound Of the little
feet she loved so well.
'.Oh, well!" cried Bobby, hugging
the pale woman and kissing her cheek
and lips with world of love in his
kisses-"Oh, well, don't care SO
much that we don't have any Christ
mas, so long as we've got the bestest
and sweetest mother in the world!''
And little Sis, nowise behind in her
embraces, fully agreed with him.
The money was delivered to its
rightful owner; part Of 1t was returned
to Bobby, who soon left it on the
grocer's counter, and took instead
some small packages Of wood, with
which and a few cinders he made a
fire and warmed the miserable room
right well, considering the wide cracks
in doors and window easements.
But all the evening and all
the night, the widow coughed
and coughed, and 1t was evil
dent fresh cold had been taken to
make the old one more troublesome
and alarming. And soon, very soon,
alasl poor mamma was too:sick to leave
her bed, and could not even finish
some sewing for which she had hoped
to have enough money to make lit
tle--a very little Christmas for her
children.
Meanwhile, Christmas was approach
ing. Only one week remained before
its grand arrival amid the ringing Of
merry bells. Bobby and sis grew more
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waukse; Newton Peters. Milwaukee; II. B.
Harshaw, Oshkosh; George s. Race. Port
age City; George A. Leeding, Neilsvllle; l..
@. Thomas. Eau Claire; James r. Spencer,
Waukesha.
Dakota-S. H. lumber. Aberdeen;S. X. Nc
Ginnis, Jamestown; John B. Dennis, Yank'
ton.
Montana-Robert E. Fisk. Helena; P.
Hoopers, Irvington; George W. Shaw. Hell
ena.
A committee was also appointed in ac-
cordance with q resolution Of the Twenty.
first national encampment to cooperate
with n similar committee from Tennessee
in securing an appropriate memorial Tor
.ohn A. Logan. The committee are:
Russell A. Alger, Detroit, Mich; II. II.
Thomas, Chicago. ILL.,; E. P. Tyler, Culver
ton, Md: William Warner. Kansas City.
Mo. The committee upon the Grant me-
mortal was unappointed with n few ex-
ceptions. Among those appointed was
Capt. E. c. Babb OF Minneapolis, who will
take the place OF commander Rea.
Additional appointments OF like charac-
ter will be announced in q few days. Spe-
cial attention is called to the order prohib'
iting the use OF Grand Army badges, or the
letters G. A. r.. as q sign or advertisement
for any private business. Members OF the
order are requested to assist IN the en-
forcement OF the above rule by all proper
and legitimate means.
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Rum a Modern Invention.

Popular Science Monthly.
The ancients knew of nothing more
powerful than light fermented wines,
and have left warnings enough of the
abuse of them. Alcohol was not dis
covered till the seventh century, al
though an older story exists of
monk. Marcus, who collected and con-
densed in wool the steam of heated
wine, and then pressed out from the
wool a balsam, which he applied to
the wounds of those who fell at the
siege of Rheims. in the reign of Clovis
/. He also mixed this balsam with
honey and produced a cordial which
brought the moribund back to life.
Clovis. however, did not wait for the
approach of death before claiming his
share of the cordial.
According to DIR. Sandford Chaille the
distillation of spirits from wine was
not discovered till the twelfth century,
and spirits did not come into COM
mon use as drinks until the fifteenth,
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Professor Arnoldus de Villanova, in
the fourteenth century, made pana-
cea of the water of life, which gave
sweet breath and fortified the MEM
ory, besides being good for sore eyes, the
toothache and the gout, and having
other wonderful properties. Distilled
spirits came into use in London in
1850, and had to be prohibited in
1494. Michael Savonarola produced
a treatise on making the water of life
in the fifteenth century, which became
q standard authority on the subject,
and was followed by the work Of
Matthioli de Sienna. These books
gave the start to brandymaking in
Italy, whence the trade extended to
France.
About 1920 the Irish usqaebaugh
began to acquire reputation in Eng
land. Before 1901 "brand VINE" had
come to be distilled in the Low Coun-
tries from apples, pears and malt and
in that year an ordinance was passed
at Tourney forbidding the sale of the
liquor except by apothecaries. partly
"tecause of the Gearness OF coin and
partly because of the drunkenness
which this cheap brand wine caused,
to the great prejudice not alone of
homes and lives, but to the extreme
danger of the souls of the drinkers,
many of whom had died without con-
fession."
The act of extracting alcohol from
other substances was gradually dis
covered and liquors of various names
came into use. The trade grew great
and the present century has seen %
new development of it in the general
application OF the art of ''doctoring"
liquors.
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General News Notes.

Advocates OF the one.state movement
convene at Aberdeen, OAK, and draft
memo orial to congress.
Sands w. Hopkins. twenty eight years
Of age. died at Kansas City from the ef
fects of laudanum, taken at his fashion
able boarding house in the presence Of two
young women. He had achieved consider
able notoriety both there and in other
parts OF the country by his reckless and
eccentric conduct.
The Minnesota Secret Service agency, or
ganized for the purpose of ferreting out
crimes and criminals, filed articles OF in
corporation at the state capitol. The
capital stock is placed at S25, 600, and
Charles s. Northrop, George H. McCluskey,
William F. Garthwait, Allan NJ. Dinehart
and c. w. Node are the incorporators.
A sensational cowhiding affair took place
at Edilburg. Ind. in which DR.. Bland, a
prominent physician, was the victim. The
lady who inflicted the punishment was a
Mrs. Hyatt, wife OF one OF the employees on
the Edinburg Courier. Mrs. Hyatt heard
that the doctor had made slanderous re-
marks about her and shelay in wait for him
terrible whipping.
At Washburn, Wis.,, Rood & Maxwel's
new mill was sold at auction to S. G. Cook
g. Co., of Minneapolis, F. Boutin OF Bay.
field and c. w. Griggs OF st. Paul for Sic,
900. The Northern National Bank oi
Ashland was their only competitor, and
their highest bid was only $4,000. The
mill was sold to satisfy q chattel mort.
gage OF $24,S00, held by the Northern
National Bank OF Ashland.
An important case has just been deter
mined by Judge Buckham at Faribault.
The question of contention was the right
of the state to tax lands belonging to the
Minnesota Central and Hastings e Dako-
ia railroads. The charters of these roads
were dissolved by an act OF the last legis.
lature, but the law allows the corporations
i three years in which to settle up their al
| fairs. They claim the benefit OF exemption
| from taxation during that period. The
| suit was brought before Judge Buckham
| to enioin the taxation OF the lands, and it
| was held that the lands are not taxable.
| The case was Immediately appealed to the
supreme court, the papers having been
| filed.
On Jan. tho Northern Pacific and Man.
itoba roads will, by agreement, put into
effect a new Ito these roads) method oi
| milling wheat in transit. Heretofore these
roads have hauled wheat to be milled in
| transit by reserving one-sixth OF the
| amount, that is, for instance, hauling ont
| $4,000 pounds Of flour for every $1,000
pounds OF wheat hauled in. After Jan. !,
two cents above the through rate will he
invariably charged for the milling in tram
sit privilege, but to be entitled to the
privilege the wheat must be destined ia
eastern terminals or beyond. The same
charge will also be made to elevators for
storing wheat in transit.
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G. A. r. AlDEs-DE-cAMP.
Commander-in-C Chief Rea Announ-
ces a Lon g lIst ofAIdes for North
western States,

Commander-In-Ch Chief Rea Announ-
ces a Lon g LIst ofAIdes for North
western States.
Commander in Chief Rea issued an order
ammo uncing the following appointments of
aides. .de-camp in the Northwestern states
and territories:
Minnesota-Lou A. Grant, Minneapo-
lis Lucius F. Hubbard, Red Wing: Martin
J. Severance, Mankato; John II. Murphy,
st. Paul; s. M. Emery, Lake City; A. H.
Reid, Glencoe; William HI. Moulton, Elk
River; j. w. Bishop, st. Paul; George w.
Grant, Minneapolis; L. M. Lange, Worth
ington; C. c. Whitney. Marshall; w. M.
Campbell, Litchfield; Z. A. Tyler. Duluth;
r. Z. Moore, Spring Valley; Frank Bill.
ings, Winona; J. w. George, Minneapolis;
n. M. Blaisdell, Faribauit; J.. N. Searle,
Saltwater; Thomas Montgomery, st.
Peter; w. Z. viDins. Fergus Falls: ]. J.
apolis; j.. p. McClelland, Mankato; A.
Barto, Sauk Center; B. F. Zarocken, Crook.
ston.
Iowa-Buren r. Sherman, Waterloo;
Joseph Given, Des Moines; J. 8. Woolson,
Moines; F. w. Hurwood. Cedar Rapids; ].
+. Merry. Manchester; A. H. Gillette, Mt,
Vernon; g. W. Blake. Charlton; Richard
Root, Keokuk; Lyman J. Adair, Anamosa;
w. II. Stiles, Guthrie Center; E. a. Guilbsrt,
Dubuque; Charles G. Curlow. Sioux City;
Jerome Burbank, Allison, j. W. Alexander,
Hamburg e. r. Hutchins, Des Noines; w.
A. Wareham. Plymouth; John F. Consisn-
! Wisconia- George I, Robinson, Nh
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Through to the 500.

The last rail on the Minneapolis, Sault
Ste. Marie & Atlanta railway between st.
Paul, Minneapolis and the 500 was laid on
the 14th. making stretch Of 494 miles ol
rails lald within two years. Tho officers
Will make . tour Of inspection over the
new road within few days, but the form.
al celebration OF the event will BE- deferred
until the completion oi the International
railway bridge ct the 500. a. considerable
ballastIns must be done TO PLACE the line
in good condition ior passenger traffic, for
which ample provisions are bsfhg made,
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Interesting Wheat Statistics.

There is now in store in country eleva-
tors on all lines OF railroad in Minnesota
and Dakota outside OF Minneapolis, St.
Paul and Duluth, 100000 bushels in
round numbers the actual figures being
2O,1OO,OOO. OF this amount it is estimat.
ed that 2, 900, 900 bushels are old wheat
which has been held over from last crop,
leaving 1S. 900, 900 bushels OF the new crop
in store now.
The greatest amount OF wheat is held on
the Northern lines Of railroad, more than
two-thirds OF the entire amount being in
that section OF Minnesota and Dakota
north OF an east and west line through
Minneapolis. There is no doubt that il the
above estimate OF amount in country ele.
vators is correct that the crop is near
ninety-fve millions.
1t appears that about As. 900, 900 BUSH
els of this have been shipped and in tran
sit, leaving 18. 900, 900 in country eleva-
tors, and, with the usual allowance for
bread and seed, 100000 900 in farmers
hands to come forward. It also appears
that Minneapolis is getting much larger
proportion Of the shipments this year
than last.
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The Botto mer, Baltimore, divorce
suit, the testimony inwhich haa
been filling the columns of that city'u
papers for some little time, has at
last been decided. Henry HI. Bottom
er has been granted an absolute divorce
from his wife, Mary A. Bottomer, and
is given the custody Of his five chill
dren. The wife sued for q separation
with alimony. The court threw out
the evidence given by the detective.
declaring it unworthy of belief.
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When on his death-bed and too
weak to sign his name, the late Gov
ernor Bartlett, of California, told his
brother that he had promised the
mother of q young man imprisoned
for forgery that he would pardon her
son after he had served three years.
Convey my Wishes" he said, 'to
Waterman after / am dead. I know
he will cary them out" Governor
Waterman has now announced the
pardon of the young man in question.
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A CHRISTMAS-TIME.

"Oh, come along. Sisl It amt the
easiest bit Of use standing here and
looking at all these fine things, cause
you know well enough there amt one
Of 'em II ever come anywhere near
our door, to say nothing bout their
going through it."
"Well, but, Bobby, it does seems
though the very next best thing to
having things 10 just to look at 'em
Ind make b'lieve you own 'em all.
And seems as though there was a
time-maybe when I was q teenty
baby-when Christmas came to our
house same as to Others And man.
ma must have been rich once, cause
she has the way ladies have now-I
mean q ladyfied way, like as though
she hadn't always been poor and so
awfully- awfully-"
Screwed up for cash, you mean,
Sis," interrupted Bobby, pulling his
sister little arm and turning resolute-
ly away from the tempting window SO
full Of everything bewildering, and
seeming to be placed there for the ex-
press purpose Of coaxing money out of
indulgent papas' and mammas' pock-
etbooks.
The little girl turned less resolutely
from the display than her brother, but
all the same she followed him out
from the glare of the gas lights and
into the shadows of side street, where
the early night had things all its own
way, and grew darker and darker with
every minute.
1t was pretty cold, and Bobby
clapped his hands together as he ran
along, while little Sis-her real name
was Cecilia-skipped and hoped and
jumped along at his side, hugging her
faded but warm shawl more closely
about her, and wishing there were a
few less holes in her small shoes, which
were week day and Sunday shoes, too.
AS for Bobby's coat, it was jacket
and coat all in one, and though ii
might have been worse, yet it might
with impunity have been much better
and far warmer.
Still, both shawl and coat were pres
ents to the children from kind lady
for whom now and then their mother
did some fine sewing, and they were
thankful to be few degrees better of
than the many little beggars they had
seen that very day.